Flood Grief, Chester Bennington So Trending Topic World

Chester Bennington's death on Thursday (20/7/2017) night local time shocked the world's public. Moreover, Linkin Park vocalist died in a tragic way, namely hanging himself.

Inevitably, this event immediately became a hot conversation, including in the realm of social media. One proof, the tags associated with Chester Bennington and Linkin Park perched on top of Twitter Trending Topic.

When this news was written, Friday (7/21/2017), the #RIPChesterBennington tagar was ranked first in the world trending topic. Not only globally, this tagar is also the most sought after topic in a number of countries, including Indonesia.

Particularly in Indonesia, keywords such as Linkin Park and Mike Shinoda, rapper of Linkin Park, also got into the trending topic.

Predictably, this tagline contains expressions of grief from Linkin Park fans. "Your voice is a heartbreaking cry that represents the anger of a generation that is hard to tell," a Twitter user said.

"I can not survive in high school if not for your songs," said another fan.

There are also expresses grief by quoting Linkin Park's lyrics. "When my time comes, forget the mistakes I've made, keep myself in your memory, forget the others," wrote a fan, quoting the lyrics "Leave Out All The Rest".

Not only a sense of grief, the users of social media logo blue bird is also using the moment of death of Chester Bennington to echo awareness about mental health. Some are trying to give an understanding of what is being felt by people who are depressed.

"No one wants to die, they just want their pain to stop," a fan said.

There are also remind the public to pay attention to their closest people who show signs of depression. "If there are people closest to you who show signs of depression, hug them, do not wait until it's too late," writes a citizen.

"Listen carefully to the words of those close to you, some people have little power to whimper for help," said another warganet